Ken Turner discovered the wonders of ceramics
early in life. In 1972 clay became his life long passion entering Peninsula
Community College before graduating from Sammamish High School to pursue his
education and career in clay. He apprenticed with a potter/designer/craftsman
in Seattle and attended countless workshops by notable ceramic artists prior to
attending the Kansas City Art Institute (1978). In 1983 Ken built his studio
and kiln in Seattle where he continues to design and produce finely crafted
one-off porcelain and stoneware pottery, sculpture and decorative ceramic
vessels.

Ken has had numerous exhibitions, his work in
the collection of the Washington Art consortium along with work in many
permanent collections including the Northwest Museum of Art & Culture, Museum of
Northwest Art, and The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA. Ken’s work
has been shown and collected internationally; Concept Exhibition of Post
Imperial Porcelain, Palace Museum Beijing, China, and is well represented in
well numerous publications and private collections.

Ken has defined his career in all aspects of
the clay world, from studio pottery production to refined one-offs of decorative
porcelain vessels and clay sculpture to kiln design and fabrication. Considered a master of his craft Mr. Turner has
toured and lectured across China including The Central Academy of Fine Arts,
Beijing, and The Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, China. He has been a respected teacher of ceramic
techniques at Universities, Colleges and Art Centers since 1994. He is
currently a BFA instructor of Ceramics and the Director of the “Plastic Arts
Lab” at DigiPen Institute of Technology (Redmond, WA) where he designed and
equipped the ceramic facility and the ceramic classes curriculums. He is a
member of NWDC (Northwest Designer Craftsman) and the WCA (Washington Cay Artist
- formerly none as the WPA Washington Potters Association).

“Introducing DigiPen students to clay and the
ceramic arts has been very rewarding to me personally. Helping students get
past their struggles and frustrations and seeing the joy of success and
accomplishment on their faces never gets old”.